Merest whisper

May your charming face ever shine like the full moon;

May you hold eternal sway over the domains of beauty.

By your amorous glance you have killed a poor man like me;

How magnanimous of you? May God give you a long life.

Pray do not be cruel lest you should feel ashamed of yourself

Before your lovers on the day of judgment.

I shall be set free from the bonds of the two worlds

If you become my companion for a while.

By your wanton playfulness you must have destroyed

Thousands of hearts of lovers like that of Khusrau.

You carried the soul from (my) body – and yet, You are still in the soul;

You have given pains – and are still the remedy;

Openly you split my breast –Yet, you are still hidden in my heart.

You have destroyed the kingdom of my heart

With the sword of coquetry,

And are still a ruler in that place….

-Amir Khusrau